July [1776] Monday 1
[Anchored at Sandy Hook] AM Light Winds & very foggy ー at 3 PM the fog clear'd away. at 4 made the signal Weighd made sail in Company with the fleet at ½ past 5 past HM Ship Asia in the Narrows at 7 Came too in Gravesend Bay with the fleet & Moor'd with the Stream Anchor at 9 PM Came on a thick fog with thunder & Lightning
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/192.